The Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association is hosting the first annual Tarpon Season Kick-off Party on Saturday, April 18.
The event is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Whidden’s Marina, 190 1st St. East. The…
The International Women’s Fishing Association met this week in Boca Grande for the Boca Grande Funament, held from April 12-15. The tournament is one of many events for the club; Funaments are ways…
Above, the area to be returned to wild condition
The Southwest Florida Water Management District is beginning an effort to restore an area on Coral Creek, just south of Rotonda West.
Located…
The Boca Grande Historical Society held the first ever launch of the Boca Grande Fishing Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 14. The dinner and awards period included friends and family of honorees, as w…
We finally have a Boca Grande Fishing Guides Hall of Fame.
Many times, folks had discussed a hall of fame for our traditional tarpon fishery cornerstones and its guides. Now we have one.
The g…
Captains for Clean Water hosted a well-attended 10th anniversary event at Miller’s Dockside last Thursday evening, April 9.
Captains, which was founded in 2016 following a catastrophic red tide e…
BY AMANDA COCHRANI
If you’ve tried to get out on the water just about anywhere across Lee County lately, you already know there’s a problem.
With over 50,000 registered boaters, from Boca Gran…
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our own greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.”
Stephen Hawkin…
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR
Here in Boca Grande fishing for tarpon takes center stage in April. For the next few months, the big silver monsters roll into town like they own it. What’s fun about it is s…
Above and below, Florida DEP staff heard from island residents and non-profits. Photos by Cheryl
In March, the state of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Park Planning…
